Hating Starbucks in Beijing

Another Western brand comes under a nationalist attack.

Updated Oct. 25, 2013 6:52 p.m. ET

Reporters at China Central Television came up with a scoop this week: Starbucks coffee is—wait for it—expensive. That segment earned the network, and its Communist Party masters, some well deserved, venti-sized online ridicule.

CCTV professed outrage that a cup of Starbucks joe in China costs more than in London. And a tall latte in Beijing will set you back twice as much than if you ordered it in Bombay. CCTV suggested this is...